IoTs quit after spotlight shifts to new TECs Ministers recently reversed plans to wind down the institutes altogether, it is understood
Private ’targeted support’ to replace public college intervention in ‘most cases’ The DfE hopes new intervention teams will improve outcomes for 70,000 students
Reform UK mayor’s ESOL cuts not catching on – yet Greater Lincolnshire’s mayor wants to fund literacy and numeracy instead of English language lessons
‘£379m’ in college capital cash will return to Treasury via ‘penalising’ VAT rules Academies were granted VAT exemptions in 2011
Adult learning dips after post-pandemic boom Rates of learning also highlight societies deep inequalities, findings suggest
Ofqual to publicly ‘rebuke’ rule-breaking awarding bodies The regulator says the new punishment will help it take a more ‘agile’ approach
Government reveals skills strategy for clean energy sector in first ‘jobs plan’ Demand for skilled workers is forecast to double in the next five years
New-look Jobcentres to swallow up 1,000 careers advisers The move is part of an ‘overhaul’ of the Jobcentre offer
DfE to tackle ‘contested and outdated theories’ in FE teacher training Call for evidence launched to ‘establish a baseline of appropriate, evidence-based pedagogical content’